It makes me SO sad, reading about all of our mothers being willing to bf us 
and then having some blankety-blank doctor take that away from them (and us) 
with their ignorance!  It is just tragic!  My variation on this theme is 
that, after delivery under general anesthesia, I didn't wake up for days.  
When I finally did, my mom was told she didn't have enough milk because her 
breasts were too small!  So, I was put on watered down canned milk with corn 
syrup, and "pablum" at three weeks.  Mom didn't think there was any point 
even trying to nurse my two younger siblings.  Besides the tremendous loss, 
to all of us, as babies, it most certainly affected our entire lives.  I 
have battled severe fibromyalgia since age 20, my brother has Crohn's 
disease, and now my sister has tested positive for lupus!  3 out of 3 
siblings with immune deficiency diseases!

I have always felt like it was important for women who breastfeed, whose own 
mothers bottlefed them, to be sensitive to their mothers' feelings.  If the 
new mother can communicate her appreciation for her mother's efforts on her 
behalf and, in many cases, explain that the information that was given in 
decades past was what set them up for failure, it can go a long way toward 
making the new grandmother feel better about it all, and also become willing 
to support her daughter.

Darillyn

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